Livingston (UK Parliament constituency)

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Livingston County constituency
Livingston shown within Scotland
Created:	1983
MP:	Jim Devine
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
Council areas:	West Lothian
EP constituency:	Scotland

Livingston is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was formed from parts of traditional Midlothian and West Lothian for the 1983 general election. A similar constituency, also called Livingston, is used by the Scottish Parliament. In 2005 a small part of the Linlithgow constituency was moved into Livingston.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 3.1 Elections in the 2000s 3.2 Elections in the 1990s 3.3 Elections in the 1980s 4 See also 5 Sources

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency covers the eastern portion of the West Lothian council area, and is dominated by Livingston. It borders onto the constituencies of Edinburgh West, Edinburgh South West, Dumfriesshire, Lanark and Hamilton East, Airdrie and Shotts, and Linlithgow and East Falkirk.

[edit] Members of Parliament

The Member of Parliament for this seat had been Robin Cook of the Labour Party since its creation in 1983. Following his death on 6 August 2005 a by-election was held on 29 September, and Jim Devine was elected. It is expected the Scottish National Party could win this seat at the next general election because of its win in the Scottish Parliament of this seat.

Year	Member	Party
1983	Robin Cook	Labour
2005	Jim Devine	Labour

[edit] Election results

[edit] Elections in the 2000s

By-election of 2005

By-Election 2005: Livingston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jim Devine	12,319	41.8	-9.3
	Scottish National Party	Angela Constance	9,639	32.7	+11.1
	Liberal Democrat	Charles Dundas	4,362	14.8	-0.6
	Conservative	Gordon Lindhurst	1,993	6.7	-3.4
	Scottish Green	David Robertson	529	1.8
	Scottish Socialist	Steven Nimmo	407	1.4	-0.4
	UK Independence	Peter Adams	108	0.4
	Independent	Melville Brown	55	0.2
	Alliance for Change	John William Allman	33	0.1
	Socialist Party (GB)	Brian Gardner	32	0.1
Majority			2,680	9.1
Turnout			29,477	38.6	−19.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-10.2

General election of 2005

General Election 2005: Livingston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robin Cook	22,657	51.1	-4.1
	Scottish National Party	Angela Constance	9,560	21.6	-1.7
	Liberal Democrat	Charles Dundas	6,832	15.4	+5.5
	Conservative	Alison Ross	4,499	10.1	+2.5
	Scottish Socialist	Steven Nimmo	789	1.8	-1.2
Majority			13,097	29.5
Turnout			44,337	58.1	+2.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.2

General election of 2001

General Election 2001: Livingston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robin Cook	19,108	53.0	-1.9
	Scottish National Party	Graham Sutherland	8,492	23.6	-3.9
	Liberal Democrat	Gordon Mackenzie	3,969	11.0	+4.3
	Conservative	Ian Mowat	2,995	8.3	-1.1
	Scottish Socialist	Wendy Milne	1,110	3.1	N/A
	UK Independence	Robert Kingdon	359	1.0	N/A
Majority			10,616	29.4
Turnout			36,033	55.6	-15.5
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1990s

General election of 1997

General Election 1997: Livingston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robin Cook	23,510	54.9	+10.5
	Scottish National Party	Peter Johnston	11,763	27.5	+0.9
	Conservative	Hugh Craigie Halkett	4,028	9.4	−10.0
	Liberal Democrat	Ewan Hawthorn	2,876	6.7	−1.9
	Referendum Party	Helen Campbell	444	1.0	N/A
	Socialist Party (GB)	Matt Culbert	213	0.5	N/A
Majority			11,747	27.4
Turnout			42,834	71.0
	Labour hold		Swing

General election of 1992

General Election 1992: Livingston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robin Cook	20,245	44.4	−1.2
	Scottish National Party	Peter Johnston	12,140	26.6	+10.0
	Conservative	H. Gordon	8,824	19.4	+0.7
	Liberal Democrat	Fred Mackintosh	3,911	8.6	−10.5
	Scottish Green	A. Ross-Smith	469	1.0
Majority			8,105	17.8
Turnout				74.6
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1980s

General election of 1987

General Election 1987: Livingston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robin Cook	19,110	45.6	+7.9
	SDP-Liberal Alliance	R. McCreadle	8,005	19.1	−5.5
	Conservative	M.N.A. Mayall	7,860	18.7	−5.5
	Scottish National Party	K. MacAskill	6,969	16.6	+3.1
Majority			11,105	26.5
Turnout				74.1
	Labour hold		Swing

General election of 1983

General Election 1983: Livingston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robin Cook	14,255	37.7	N/A
	SDP-Liberal Alliance	A. Henderson	9,304	24.6	N/A
	Conservative	J. Campbell	9,129	24.2	N/A
	Scottish National Party	K. MacAskill	5,090	13.5	N/A
Majority			4,951	13.1	N/A
Turnout				70.9	N/A
	New creation: Labour gain.		Swing	N/A

[edit] See also

• List of UK Parliamentary constituencies in Scotland

[edit] Sources

• Election result, by-election 2005
• Election result, 2005 (BBC)
• Election results, 1997 - 2001 (BBC)
• Election results, 1992 - 2005 (Guardian)
• Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources (1983 and 1987 results)

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